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Jeremiah 1:7

World English Bible

But Yahweh said to me, “Don’t say, ‘I am a child;’ for you must go to whomever I send you, and you must say whatever I command you.

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Jeremiah 1:7 in other translations

But Jehovah said unto me, Say not, I am a child; for to whomsoever I shall send thee thou shalt go, and whatsoever I shall command thee thou shalt speak.

Jeremiah 1:7 · American Standard Version

Jeremiah 1:7 in context

  1. 5“Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you.
    Before you were born, I sanctified you.
    I have appointed you a prophet to the nations.”
  2. 6Then I said, “Ah, Lord Yahweh! Behold, I don’t know how to speak; for I am a child.”
  3. 7But Yahweh said to me, “Don’t say, ‘I am a child;’ for you must go to whomever I send you, and you must say whatever I command you.
  4. 8Don’t be afraid because of them, for I am with you to rescue you,” says Yahweh.
  5. 9Then Yahweh stretched out his hand, and touched my mouth. Then Yahweh said to me, “Behold, I have put my words in your mouth.